Apparatus for cleaning and separating seeds and the like.



P. M. DOSSOR.

APPARATUS FOR CLEANING AND SEPAR'ATING SEEDS AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE '1, 1907.

PATENTED SEPT. 24, 1907.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK MALCOLM nossos, or DONGASTER, ENGLANDfigf i APPARATUS FORCLEANING AND SEPARATING SEEDS AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 24, 1907.

Application filed June 7,1907. Serial No- 377,768.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK MALCOLM DossoR, a subject of the King ofGreat Britain and Ireland, residing at Doncaster, in the county of York,England, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Apparatus forCleaning and Separating Seeds and the Like, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention is a further improvement on my prior patent No. 846,915,dated 12 March 1907, and relates to an improved construction of thehoppers and covers for the belts of the rollers, to an improvedconstruction of brackets for carrying the said covers and rollers, andto modified means of adjusting the angle of the frame. Description ofdrawings.Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved machine. Fig. 2is an enlarged 'end view detached showing part of the frame and fourbrackets with their rollers, belts, covers, hoppers, and curtains, thelowest hopper boards being shown in section. Fig. 3 is an end view ofthe frames carrying the boards forming the covers and hoppers. Fig. 4 isa plan of Fig. 3 showing the frame and part of the said boards. Fig. 5is a front view of bracket showing recess for metal frames, curved slot,and triggers.

A is the frame of the machine (preferably of wood) and A the feedhopper.

B are the metal brackets screwed or otherwise fixed to the frame A andeach carrying a set of rollers C, D, and belts B, the rollers being inbearings or slots E, held in by spring trigger caps F for facilitatingremoval or replacement when required, or they may be in ordinarybearings. There is also a flat recess P and curved slot R in eachbracket for carrying the metal frame S, into which the boards G, H, andJ fit and form the covers and hoppers for keeping the seed from jumpingwhen rolling down the steep surfaces of the belts, the board I beingprovided with a curtain K which checks or breaks the speed of thefalling seed and delivers it gently to the next belt through the openingThe bottom of the frame is pivoted or hinged to the box 71.

The adjustment of the angle of the framework and its rollers may bearranged by means of pivoted rods M from the back of the machine, theends of the rods resting in a notched angle bracket N at the back of thetray in which the apparatus stands.

I claim:

1. In a seed separator, the combination, with a main frame, of a seriesof brackets secured thereto, pairs of revoluble rollers and endlessbelts arranged in the form of steps and mounted in the said brackets,T-shaped frames carried by the said brackets, and hopper boards carriedby the said Tshaped frames and arranged over the said belts.

2. In a seed separator, the combination, with a main frame, of a seriesof brackets secured thereto, pairs of revoluble rollers and endlessbelts arranged in the form of steps and mounted in the said brackets,T-shaped frames carried by the said brackets, hopper boards slidable inthe said T-shaped frames and provided with openings for the .seed overthe middle parts of the said belts, and curtains secured to the lowerends of the said hopper boards for guiding the seeds into the saidopenings.

3. In a seed separator, the combination, with a main frame, of a seriesof brackets secured thereto and provided with slots, pairs of rollersprovided with bearing spindles journaled in the said slots, springtrigger caps retaining the said spindles in the said slots, endlessbelts passing over the said pairs of rollers and arranged in the form ofsteps, and hopper boards arranged between the said belts.

FREDERICK MALCOLM DOSSOR.

Witnesses JOHN R. WALSH, ALLAN BENNETT.

